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@ARTICLE{Luebke:820663,
author = {Luebke, Anna E. and Afchine, Armin and Costa, Anja and
Grooß, Jens-Uwe and Meyer, Jessica and Rolf, Christian and
Spelten, Nicole and Avallone, Linnea M. and Baumgardner,
Darrel and Krämer, Martina},
title = {{T}he origin of midlatitude ice clouds and the resulting
influence on their microphysical properties},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {16},
number = {9},
issn = {1680-7324},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-05932},
pages = {5793 - 5809},
year = {2016},
abstract = {The radiative role of ice clouds in the atmosphere is known
to be important, but uncertainties remain concerning the
magnitude and net effects. However, through measurements of
the microphysical properties of cirrus clouds, we can better
characterize them, which can ultimately allow for their
radiative properties to be more accurately ascertained.
Recently, two types of cirrus clouds differing by formation
mechanism and microphysical properties have been classified
– in situ and liquid origin cirrus. In this study, we
present observational evidence to show that two distinct
types of cirrus do exist. Airborne, in situ measurements of
cloud ice water content (IWC), ice crystal concentration
(Nice), and ice crystal size from the 2014 ML-CIRRUS
campaign provide cloud samples that have been divided
according to their origin type. The key features that set
liquid origin cirrus apart from the in situ origin cirrus
are higher frequencies of high IWC ( > 100 ppmv),
higher Nice values, and larger ice crystals. A vertical
distribution of Nice shows that the in situ origin cirrus
clouds exhibit a median value of around 0.1 cm−3, while
the liquid origin concentrations are slightly, but notably
higher. The median sizes of the crystals contributing the
most mass are less than 200 µm for in situ origin cirrus,
with some of the largest crystals reaching 550 µm in
size. The liquid origin cirrus, on the other hand, were
observed to have median diameters greater than 200 µm,
and crystals that were up to 750 µm. An examination of
these characteristics in relation to each other and their
relationship to temperature provides strong evidence that
these differences arise from the dynamics and conditions in
which the ice crystals formed. Additionally, the existence
of these two groups in cirrus cloud populations may explain
why a bimodal distribution in the IWC-temperature
relationship has been observed. We hypothesize that the low
IWC mode is the result of in situ origin cirrus and the high
IWC mode is the result of liquid origin cirrus.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {244 - Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and
middle atmosphere (POF3-244) / HITEC - Helmholtz
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate
Research (HITEC) (HITEC-20170406)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-244 / G:(DE-Juel1)HITEC-20170406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000376938100019},
doi = {10.5194/acp-16-5793-2016},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/820663},
}